Ankhiyon ke jharokhon se

This was a movie that I watched in matinee show by bunking my afternoon classes in the college. But then the songs of this movie were blaring all over the place and I could not help but get attacted towards the movie hall.
The song that drew me towards the movie hall was the title song of the movie viz “Ankhiyon ke jharokhon se”. The song had such an effect on me that I decided that I needed to watch the movie, even if it meant that I needed to miss my physics practicals.

When I watched the movie, I realised that the movie ends on a tragic note and what is more the end was shown in the beginning of the movie itself, and the rest of the movie was nothing but flashback.

That was not what I bargained for. I has hoped for a love story with a happy ending, but that was not to be.

But the title song never loosened its hold on me. Even to this day, this song has the same effect on me that it had on me 30 years ago. 30 years ? Was it that long ago ? How time flies ? Before I know, I will be talking about things that I did 120 years ago. ;)

The song was sung by Hemlata. She was the female singer of choice for Ravindra Jain who was the lyricist as well as music director for this movie and indeed for all the Rajshri productions movies in 1970s. The voice of Hemlata sounds so sweet and melodious in this song. The song haunts the listener throughout the movie as even outside the movie.

I was not the only person who found this song irresistible. The rest of India thought the same. This song became the number one song in the Binaca geetmala finals of 1978.